‘Green Book’ and ‘Roma’ producer Participant gets a makeover as it rides ‘conscious consumer’ wave
5 years, 4 months ago

‘Green Book’ and ‘Roma’ producer Participant gets a makeover as it rides ‘conscious consumer’ wave

LA Times  

Participant Media, the company behind both “Green Book” and “Roma,” is getting a makeover as it looks to become a better-known brand in the entertainment industry and among socially conscious audiences. The rebranding also comes at a potentially opportune time for Participant amid a rise in “conscious consumerism,” in which people make decisions about what they buy and watch based on their perceived social, political or environmental effect. Recently, the firm has found success backing this year’s popular, albeit controversial, best picture Oscar winner “Green Book,” released by Universal Pictures. Participant also made Netflix’s black-and-white Alfonso Cuaron drama “Roma,” which competed head-to-head with “Green Book” in the Oscar race.

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‘Green Book’ wins best picture in an upset at the Oscars
5 years, 10 months ago

‘Green Book’ wins best picture in an upset at the Oscars

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The segregation-era road-trip drama “Green Book” was crowned best picture at the 91st Academy Awards, delighting those who see the film as a feel-good throwback but disappointing others who ridicule it as an outdated inversion of “Driving Miss Daisy.” In a year when Hollywood could have made history by bestowing its top award on Netflix or Marvel …

Green Book's Best Picture win at Oscars 2019 sparks outrage on Twitter
5 years, 10 months ago

Green Book's Best Picture win at Oscars 2019 sparks outrage on Twitter

India TV News  

As Green Book won the prestigious Oscar 2019 award for the Best Picture, there were several who were left utterly disappointed. In a surprise win, Peter Farrelly's biographical comedy-drama Green Book received the Best Picture honour at the 91st Academy Awards upstaging award season favourite Roma. Green Book had a rough Oscar campaign, courtesy controversies involving Mortensen, Farrelly and the …

Oscars 2019: Green Book wins Best Picture; BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee storms out during ceremony
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Green Book wins Best Picture; BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee storms out during ceremony

Firstpost  

Spike Lee’s action and veiled words seem to be in response to controversies that plagued Green Book, in the run-up to its Oscars 2019 Best Picture win. In a surprise win, Peter Farrelly’s biographical comedy-drama Green Book, received the Best Picture honour at the 91st Academy Awards upstaging award season favourite Roma. Green Book stopped Roma, Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s …

In an upset, ‘Green Book’ wins Best Picture at Oscars
5 years, 10 months ago

In an upset, ‘Green Book’ wins Best Picture at Oscars

The Hindu  

The segregation-era road-trip drama Green Book was crowned Best Picture at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a film seen as a feel-good throwback by some and ridiculed as an outdated inversion of Driving Miss Daisy by others. It’s genuinely quite stressful,” said a staggered Colman, who later turned to Close to say she was …

Oscars 2019: Racial discrimination drama Green Book wins Best Picture in a major upset
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019: Racial discrimination drama Green Book wins Best Picture in a major upset

Hindustan Times  

Green Book, Universal Pictures’ film about race relations in the US South in the early 1960s, was crowned best picture of 2018 at the 91st Academy Awards, an upset win that dashed Netflix’s hopes that Roma would garner the streaming giant’s first top Oscar. Viggo Mortensen as Tony Vallelonga and Mahershala Ali as Dr. Donald Shirley in Green Book, directed …

Academy Awards: Green Book’s win is bittersweet
5 years, 10 months ago

Academy Awards: Green Book’s win is bittersweet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. Video Ad Feedback 'Roma' star makes history 02:55 - Source: CNN These viewers argued throughout the nomination-and-voting process that if Hollywood really wanted to more emphatically challenge white supremacist thinking, there were …

Oscars 2019 predictions: From Roma to Rami Malek, here are the most likely winners in six major categories
5 years, 10 months ago

Oscars 2019 predictions: From Roma to Rami Malek, here are the most likely winners in six major categories

Hindustan Times  

This year’s Oscars race is possibly the most open in years. Oscars 2019: From Roma to Rami Malek, here’s predicting the winners in six major categories. Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate yet majestic Netflix film, Roma, was named best picture at the recent BAFTAs and the Critics Choice Awards. But perhaps the most concerning possibility is the eventual crowning of either Green …

As ‘Green Book’ controversies pile up, the film faces a bumpy ride to Oscar nominations morning
6 years ago

As ‘Green Book’ controversies pile up, the film faces a bumpy ride to Oscar nominations morning

LA Times  

The makers of “Green Book,” a feel-good story about a resourceful hustler hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a concert tour through the Deep South in 1962, were riding high Sunday night, exulting in Golden Globes wins for picture, comedy/musical, Mahershala Ali’s supporting turn and motion picture screenplay. The movie premiered to little advance hype at the Toronto Film …

What Netflix’s release of ‘Roma’ says about its movie business strategy
6 years, 1 month ago

What Netflix’s release of ‘Roma’ says about its movie business strategy

LA Times  

Nancy Garcia, Marina de Tavira and Yalitza Aparicio discuss working with Alfonso Cuarón on Netflix’s “Roma,” which won the top prize at the 2018 Venice Film Festival and is generating major awards season buzz. Awards pundits widely predict that “Roma” will earn the Los Gatos, Calif., company its first best picture Oscar nomination — a triumph for a company that …

Mahershala Ali on ‘Green Book': ‘It’s a legitimate offering’
6 years, 1 month ago

Mahershala Ali on ‘Green Book': ‘It’s a legitimate offering’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Mahershala Ali’s life changed in more ways than one the week of the 2017 Oscars. It would have to be all black presidents and all white slaves.” Yet the debates over “Green Book” have put Ali in a plainly awkward position, particularly when Mortensen used the n-word at a Q&A for the film while discussing the slur’s …

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